Jane Stillwater is a freelance journalist, war correspondent, blogger, political Cassandra and author of "Bring Your Own Flak Jacket: Helpful Tips for Touring Today's Middle East," now available on Amazon.com. Her latest motto is "Stop Wall Street and War Street from destroying our world."

Friday, October 14, 2016

Is Hurricane Matthew coming to your hometown too?

You never can tell about weather.

Here in northern California we used to have a saying, "Never plan an
outdoor party after October 10 because it will probably rain." But a
few years ago we changed that saying to "You probably shouldn't plan an
outdoor party after Christmas because it might turn a bit chilly."

According to various news reports, apparently the Caribbean has now
turned into a caldron of hurricane-causing hot soup -- and if the
weather keeps heating up like it has been in the past 20 years, the
Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean could turn into a caldron of hot
soup too.

Hey it could happen.

And if it does, then the saying here in NorCal will be, "Never plan an
outdoor party until hurricane season is over -- whenever that is."

So. With this thought in mind, slowing down climate change now seems
like a good thing. But how do we do that? How do we slow down global
warming so that we can keep our outdoor party plans flowing without
having hurricanes arriving as uninvited guests -- and without having to
live in a storm cellar for the rest of our lives? The most obvious way
is to give up starting any more "wars".

Fighter jets, Humvees and tanks are our number-one air polluters
today. So it's time to invite the Pentagon and the Department of
Defense and Hurricane Hillary to the climate-change-hating party too --
but please tell Hurricane Matthew and his younger brothers and sisters
to stay home. http://blackagendareport.com/apocalypse_hillary